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Scotia Mine Explosion 1976 - A personal accout by Joe Shelton

24 pages
8.5"x11" - Hardcover w/Glossy Laminate - Color Trade Book
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About the Book

A personal account of the Scotia Mine explosion of 1976 in Letcher County, Kentucky by a former member of the actual Scotia Mine Rescue Team that recovered the mines, Joe Shelton. In his own words Joe describes his experience being in the mine during the explosion and the weeks that followed being trained with a team employed to recover the bodies and seal the mine.

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  • CreatedJul-05-2019
  • PublishedSep-24-2022
  • ISBN 9781649945082
  • Format8.5"x11" - Hardcover w/Glossy Laminate - Color Trade Book
  • ThemeJournal
  • Sales TermEveryone
  • Preview Limit20 pages

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Joe Shelton is a former Scotia Mine roof bolt operator and Long Wall technician. He was a member of the Scotia Mine Rescue Team, team one, that recovered the mine after the 1976 explosion. He was employed at Scotia until it's closing in 1988 after which he left Kentucky and retrained in the heating and air Industry at Knoxville, Tennessee. He later returned to Kentucky in 1997 and started his own heating and air business. Joe is currently retired and lives with his wife, Patricia on their small farm at Eolia, Kentucky in Letcher County. They have one daughter, Bambi Jo Pelham, of Dandridge, Tennessee.

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